ACADEMICS on JANET can access the British Library鈥檚 catalogue for free using
a different system called the Network OPAC (http://portico.bl.uk/
access/network-opac.html), which has so far been installed at 200 sites in
Britain. It also uses the Net but provides a custom interface and requires
Windows. Eventually, public libraries will be given access to this system as
well, but since its expansion depends on government funding this could be years
away.
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